Results
Kutztown, Pa. - Freshmen swimmers
Bree Link and
Rachel Stump each swam to a first place finish against Kutztown on Saturday, but the Marauders dropped the dual meet 148-110 to the Golden Bears.
Link and Stump were the only individual Marauders to place first in the meet. Link swam to two top finishes, one in the 100-yard breaststroke and one in the 200-yard breaststroke. Link finished the 100 breast in 1:13.09 and beat her closest competitor by seven seconds in the 200 breast, finishing in 2:35.73.
Stump claimed the top position in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:18.38, her third fastest time this year.
The only other event that the Marauders won was the 200-yard freestyle relay. The group of
Brigid Kavanaugh, Becca Anderson,
Rachel Malampy, and
Amanda Thomas narrowly won the event when they touched the final wall in 1:44.26.
Thomas also had two second place results. She finished second in the 200-yard IM in 2:24.22 and in the 200-yard freestyle in 2:02.66. Fellow seniors Anderson and Adrianna Rodriguez finished in third and fifth in the 200 free.
Kavanaugh just missed out on the top time in the 100-yard backstroke with a second place result in a time of 1:06.46. The sophomore was also the runner-up in the 50-free.
Freshman
Rachel Malampy had Millersville's best time in the 100 free with a time of 56.53 and a concluded with a third place finish.
Sophomore
Grace Magerr just missed a PSAC qualifying time in the 1,000 free when she ended the event in 10:58.92, good for a second place finish. Stump took third in a time of 11:26.45.
The young foursome of Stump, Link,
Meghan Hickey, and Marrina Barrineau took second in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:59.89, the fourth fastest time this season for a Millersville team.
The Marauders are now finished with dual meets for the 2013-14 season and have one final meet to prepare for the PSAC Championships. Millersville travels to East Stroudsburg next weekend to compete in the ESU Invitational.